Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: [SURVEY] How do you communicate in your community?

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

Why respond to you instead of the list. I’m sure everyone is interested in the 
responses.

Sharon.

> On Apr 19, 2017, at 10:40 PM, Craig R. Wright <crw [at] crw.xyz> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hello Fellow Co-housers!
> 
> I would like to know how you communicate within your communities. I am 
> particularly interested in problems or dissatisfactions you have with your 
> communication tools. 
> 
> As a template, I would like to know about your methods of communication in 
> these high-level areas:
> 
> * All-community discussions and announcements
> * Committee discussions and coordination
> * Meals (menu announcements and sign-ups)
> 
> Please reply directly to me. Any additional information you would like to 
> provide is welcome.  As an example, here are my answers for Swans Market 
> Co-housing (speaking for myself, not the community):
> 
> —— 
> * Community discussions, announcements, and social sharing happen in email on 
> a special mailing list. Disagreements are resolved outside of email, either 
> 1:1 or at the HOA. Problems: works well, but sometimes it is hard to find 
> what is relevant, as in what is an urgent request vs a link someone is 
> sharing from Facebook. Also, sometimes disagreements do happen in email, and 
> require intervention to de-escalate (usually just a reminder of our email 
> practices). Tone and emotion can be difficult to judge (easy to misjudge) in 
> email.  
> 
> * Committee meeting coordination happens in email (mailing lists), otherwise 
> all discussions happen in person at the committee meetings. Problems: in my 
> opinion, as a result of the lack of willingness to discuss smaller issues via 
> email, we miss opportunities to coordinate and resolve issue between 
> meetings. 
> 
> * Meals announcements happen on a paper sheet, signups on the same paper 
> sheet. The schedule is managed with a big paper calendar. Problems: as a 
> pre-millenial, the non-digital calendar makes it hard for me to plan and 
> schedule to be at meals. :)
> —— 
> 
> THANK YOU VERY MUCH for even reading this far, and an extra special thanks if 
> you choose to participate.
> 
> Why? I am doing market research for a product. I am working on this 
> independently, I do not represent an established company, just myself. The 
> product concept is a group messenger focused on private, asynchronous 
> conversations within friendly communities. It occurred to me that co-housers 
> are potentially an ideal audience. I have interviewed all different types of 
> people, including members of my community, but I hadn't thought to interview 
> co-housers more broadly. So, I’m doing that now! :) Any questions or comments 
> welcome.
> 
> Thanks, and be well,
> Craig Wright
> 
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